Justifiers RPG
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Justifiers RPG is a role-playing game published by StarChilde in 1988.
Description
Justifiers RPG is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which player characters select from 28 humanoid animal types, including bats, albatrosses, gila monsters, and rhinos.[1] The game features a skill-based system in which character class dictates what skills a character has.[1] Skill resolution is by the simple percentage-roll method; combat is likewise fairly streamlined.[1] There are rules for psionic powers, cybernetic implants, weapons, and spaceships.[1] The background is of a future history in which megacorporations own entire worlds and are exploring the galaxy to find more systems to exploit.[1] The "beta-humanoid" heroes work for the corporations.[1] The game includes an introductory scenario.[1]
Publication history
Justifiers RPG was designed by Gideon, with Blaine Pardoe, and published by StarChilde in 1988 as a 128-page book.[1]
Reception
Justifiers RPG was reviewed in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 88.[2] The reviewer commented that "I think this is an excellent primer for beginning gamers. Its main focus is on small unit combat and inter-player conflict. This appears to be what most beginning gamers enjoy the most."[2]
Lawrence Schick commented that Justifiers "takes 'Pets in Space' to its farthest extreme", and that "If you can get by that, you'll find a solid skill-based system".[1]
Reviews
- Reviews from R'lyeh 23rd December 2018 http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2018/12/1988-justifiers-rpg.html?m=1
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 306. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ a b F.R. (March–April 1990). "Capsule Reviews". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (88). Future Combat Simulations: 3.